Lance Armstrong Walks Away from Doping Fight

One of America's iconic athletes has given up the fight to disprove allegations by the US Anti-Doping Agency that he was a ring-leader in systematic doping on his Tour-winning teams. Lance Armstrong, world renowned for fighting back after a bout with testicular cancer to win seven Tours de France, will be erased from the record books. Bonnie D. Ford writes about cycling for ESPN.com. John Hoberman, a Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, is a sports historian and the author of Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodesia, Doping.